WATER,WATER everywhere but none Drinkable!
Well not quite everywhere but in many places it is not drinkable.
Our presenters on Tuesday Sept 10th. Carl & Yulia Garrison showed us how Rotary Projects are changing this situation in India,Africa and South America.
They took us using a Powerpoint presentation on three recent Projects that were completed in India. In Southern India in the state of Cochin the Rotary Club of Sedro Woolly in co-operation with the Rotary Club of Cochin (midtown),India.Constructed 110 toilets for underprivileged people in Chellanam.Good Sanitation is a key element of ensuring clean,drinkable water by preventing the water sources from being contaminated. This International project is the beginning of a plan of the Cochin to ultimately construct over 1000 toilets.
Another Project was in Burkina Faso, Africa. Led By Carl the Sedro-Woolley club in partnership with the DenverColorado Rotary Club and the local Club in Burkina Faso,The Crystal club of Ougadougou("Wagadoogoo") Jointly they raised over $60,000 using club funds and matching grants to build 5 hand-pump deep water wells which provided pure water to the people of the villages around Zabre in Burkina Faso.
The other project did not involve water but did involve improving the living standards of the people in a remote village in Guatemala. They installed 50 indoor cook stoves in the villager's homes. Until this project the villagers just had an open wood fire in their hut to provide for cooking and heat. I bet the air quality in those huts was far worse than that currently on the news in china's big cities. The stoves besides providing the health benefits will be up to 60% more efficient thus reducing the need for wood supplies and free up time previously taken just to gather wood.
These are three examples of what one man cannot do alone but what Rotary Clubs banding together can achieve.
This was a very inspiring presentation which should add impetus to our International Plans. Ed Landry Introduced ourSpeakers and Paramjit Mutti presented them with a token of our appreciation for taking the time to come and enlighten us on the scope of International Projects.
